Afri-health Optonet Association

Organization's name: Afri-health Optonet Association
Organization's acronym: AHOA
Headquarters address  
Address: Plot 520, FHA Estate, Lugbe, Airport Road,
Abuja
ZAP
Nigeria
Phone: +2348034725905
Email: afrihealthoptonet2@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.afrihealthcsos.org
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • Latin
  • English
  • Arabic
  • French

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Financing for Development:
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Men and boys
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Research
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the environment

Population:
  • International migration
  • Morbidity and mortality
  • Reproduction, family formation and the status of women

Public Administration:
  • Governance and Public Administration
  • Public Financial Management
  • Socio-Economic Governance and Management

Social Development:
  • Aging
  • Disabled persons
  • Information and Communications Technologies
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Youth

Statistics:
  • Demographic and social surveys
  • Development indicators
  • Environmental Accounts
  • International Economic and Social Classifications
  • National accounting
  • Social Statistics and Social Monitoring

Sustainable Development:
  • Agriculture
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Desertification and Drought
  • Disaster management and vulnerability
  • Energy
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Partnerships
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Sanitation
  • Waste Management

Peace and Development in Africa:
  • Development in Africa
  • Peace in Africa

Conflict Resolution in Africa:
  • Conflicts Resolution

NEPAD:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
  • Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
  • Human Development
  • Regional Integration and Infrastructure
Geographic scope: Regional
  • Africa
Country of activity:
  • Nigeria
Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1997
Year of registration (YYYY): 2003
Organizational structure: General Assembly/Annual General Meeting Board of Trstees Advisory Board Management Team Members [Organisations, Agencies and Individuals]
Number and type of members: 655 members: civil society organizations [CSOs], non-governmental organizations [NGOs], faith-based organizations [FBOs], development organizations, institutional and individual members
Affiliation with NGO networks: Yes
Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Fees for education and training services
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Product sales and business services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
  • Local authorities
  • Women
  • Non-governmental organization
  • Farmers
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes
Affiliation with other organizations: 8. ORGANOGRAM i. Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria (AONN) ii. National Youth Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NYNETHA) iii. Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria [CiSHAN]
Publications: a) HIV/AIDS: beyond ARVs and Advocacy (2003); by Dr. Uzodinma Adirieeje; copies of which were distributed at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa [ICASA] 2003 in Nairobi Kenya b) Female Circumcision (Female Genital Mutilation): 40 Dangerous Effects Parents and Relations Must Know (1999); by Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje; (publication now catalogued at the Media/Materials Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins University, USA, for worldwide distribution, as M/MC ID#: PL NGA 318) c). Nutrition for All Ages - A Pocket Guide; by Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje. Optonet International, 1999 (catalogued at the Media/Materials Clearinghouse of the Johns Hopkins University, USA, for worldwide distribution, as M/MC ID#: PL NGA 398)
Statements or documents submitted
Commission on Sustainable Development: 		Nil

Informal regional network of NGOs

UN-NGO-IRENE Newsletter: Yes